{"id":12905,"date":"2025-02-25T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=12905"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:04:57","slug":"shoaib-akhtar-lashes-out-at-national-teams-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=12905","title":{"rendered":"Shoaib Akhtar Lashes Out at National Team&#8217;s Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"252\"><strong>Former national team fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, while criticizing former captain Baber Azam, stated that Pakistani cricket fans have chosen the wrong players as their &#8220;heroes.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"422\">Speaking on a private TV channel, Shoaib Akhtar told Rawalpindi Express that Baber Azam is compared with Virat Kohli, and his fans unthinkingly place him on a pedestal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"652\">Shoaib Akhtar asked, &#8220;Now tell me, who is Virat Kohli\u2019s hero? &#8216;Sachin Tendulkar&#8217;\u2014who has scored 100 centuries in world cricket\u2014is chasing his legacy. Who, then, is Baber Azam\u2019s hero? &#8216;Tick tick'&#8221;\u2014however, he did not name anyone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"1079\">Addressing cricket fans, the former cricketer said, &#8220;You have chosen the wrong heroes, you are thinking wrongly! They have been deceivers from the start; I wouldn\u2019t even like to discuss the Pakistan cricket team. I am only doing this because I get a salary\u2014this is a waste of time. I have been witnessing this deterioration since 2001; I have seen captains being changed, with their characters shifting three times a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1340\">After a defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the first match, followed by a disastrous loss to India that eliminated Pakistan from the tournament, the Green Shirts are scheduled to play their final group match against Bangladesh on February 27 in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former national team fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, while criticizing former captain Baber Azam, stated that Pakistani cricket fans have chosen the wrong players as their &#8220;heroes.&#8221; Speaking on a private TV channel, Shoaib Akhtar told Rawalpindi Express that Baber Azam is compared with Virat Kohli, and his fans unthinkingly place him on a pedestal. 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